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A straight copper-wire of length `100m` and cross-sectional area `1.0mm^(2)` carries a current `4.5A`. Assuming that one free electron corresponds to each copper atom, find
(a) The time it takes an electron to displace from one end of the wire to the other.
(b) The sum of electrostatic forces acting on all free electrons in the given wire. Given resistivity of copper is `1.72xx10^(-8)Omega-m` and density of copper is `8.96g//cm^(3)`.

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t = `SN_(A)sigmale//IM`= 1 day 13 hour 30 minutes
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